трэба

See also: треба

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• treba — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrɛba]
• Rhymes: -ɛba

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Polish trzeba. Compare Czech třeba, Ukrainian треба (treba). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *terba.

Predicative

трэ́ба • (tréba)

1. used to express necessity: (one) must, (one) has to, (it is) necessary, (one) needs (to) (impersonal, + dative)

   ня трэ́ба было́ так рабі́ць ― nja tréba byló tak rabícʹ ― it wasn't necessary to do that

   што вам трэ́ба? ― što vam tréba? ― what do you need?

Related terms

• патрэ́ба (patréba)
• патрэ́бны (patrébny)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic трѣба (trěba), from Proto-Slavic *terba. Displaced the Old East Slavic inherited form тереба (tereba). Compare Russian тре́ба (tréba).

Noun

трэ́ба • (tréba) f inan (genitive трэ́бы, nominative plural трэ́бы, genitive plural трэб)

1. (church) rite, ceremony

Declension

Declension of трэ́ба (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	трэ́ба tréba	трэ́бы tréby
genitive	трэ́бы tréby	трэб treb
dative	трэ́бе trébje	трэ́бам trébam
accusative	трэ́бу trébu	трэ́бы tréby
instrumental	трэ́бай, трэ́баю trébaj, trébaju	трэ́бамі trébami
locative	трэ́бе trébje	трэ́бах trébax
count form	—	трэ́бы1 tréby1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

• “трэба” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org